Monaco F1 Grand Prix: Photographer Rushed To Hospital After Scary Kevin Magnussen, Sergio Perez, Nico Hulkenberg Crash

Monaco: A photographer was badly injured by the flying debris when Kevin Magnussen, Nico Hulkenberg and Sergio Perez had their cars crash all together on Lap 1 of the Monaco F1 Grand Prix on Sunday. Although the drivers came out unharmed, the photographer had to be rushed to the hospital. Upon further inspection at the hospital, it was found that the photographer was not seriously injured and thus returned to the track after a while to continue his duties.

The incident took place on the uphill romp on the way to Massenet when Red Bull’s Perez had his wheels tangled with that of Haas’ Magnussen’s. This led Perez into a heavy crash, thus leading the race to be red-flagged. To make matters worse, a chasing another Haas driver Hulkenberg failed to avoid Perez’s spinning car and also caught up in the accident. The race of all three drivers was stopped on the spot.

With all three coming out unharmed, it also shows a testament on how safe Formula One is nowadays with the advancements in safety taking place. It was also a relief for all the drivers in the crash that the FIA did not hand out any penalty points. If that has been the case, Magnussen would have had to miss a Grand Prix.

“It was obviously stupid between Kevin and Checo,” Hulkenberg was quoted as saying by Sky Germany. “I don’t know if Checo saw Kevin. Checo could have left space. At the same time, I think Kevin was also very optimistic about staying on there, where the track gets narrower and there are little kinks up to Turn 3. I think unnecessary from both really, it could have been avoided easily.”

“Obviously, for me, who wasn’t directly involved, it’s the shittiest of all. I missed it probably by two tenths. If I would have been two times further up the road, he would have missed me. I’m gutted and disappointed because everyone in the team, we all invest a lot of energy and time and it’s just frustrating,” he added.